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March 31, 2014

When Richard Slingerland explores new business opportunities abroad, he often needs to let his products speak for themselves. That’s because the business development manager of Niagara-based Pillitteri Estates Winery only speaks English and a little bit of Italian, even though he sells his products to 31 countries around the world. “The way we try to get around the language barriers is with a lot of visuals,” he said, adding that he travels to trade shows and exhibitions abroad with price sheets, business cards, and other materials already translated to the local language, as well as a video display showcasing the ice wine […]

March 28, 2014

San Diego – March 28, 2014 – Succession Capital Inc., a subsidiary of Lynx Equity Limited, announced today the acquisition of San Diego, California based United Fastener Inc. For over fifty years, United Fastener has been providing its retail and wholesale clients, ranging from general construction and sheet metal contractors to trucking and signage companies, with fasteners and related products. With its seasoned staff having nearly 100 years of combined industry experience, and extensive inventory of over 20,000 SKUs, United Fastener has the ability to ensure that it will fulfill almost every product or service need and is well positioned […]

March 17, 2014

As a leader, my job comes down to one thing: choosing the right people for my private equity team, whether that be executives and front-line staff or our bankers, lawyers, accountants and investors. The interaction, trust and camaraderie of your teams can make or break your business. I’ve made hiring mistakes. Each and every time I did, I found the poor performers were not team players nor were they decent or honest people. As a leader, I can’t do everything in the organization. I need to delegate. I need to ensure that the people who do the work are good, […]

February 1, 2014

Overcoming two disastrous deals would put any entrepreneur to the test, but Brad Nathan’s private equity firm has survived. The past few months have been more thank kind to Brad Nathan: His Toronto-based private equity firm Lynx Equity snapped up a handful of companies, including social media marketing developer Majestic Media, and secured another round of debt financing from TD Bank. But never mind the latest flurry of activity. For Nathan, just to be in good standing with investors and financial institutions at all is a feat in itself, after two disastrous transactions left him with millions in debt and […]